I did my ground schools and exams in the UK as they were the only ones offering helicopter specific studies/exams. I live in Austria and had absolutely no intention of going back to the UK to fly there or work there so I contacted both CAA and told them and that I wanted to do all the flight training and flight tests in Austria, and according to the law in the link, I was able to tranfer my license to the Austrian CAA.
And there was absolutely no hassle from either side...
Only
I had was from the UK flight schools who said it wasn't possible...!
